Home teaching - The Lorax

The lapbook we do for this month was based on The Lorax by Dr Seuss.   

This book touched on the corporate greed poses danger to the nature.   I used this book to teach Png Png about greed and saving the environment.

Png Png drew many truffula trees, some intact, some been chopped down by The Once-ler on the  lapbook cover.

The following activities were extracted from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lorax.php

What could The Once-ler have done differently

Ways to fight polluction

Needs vs wants

Sort materials for recycling

Label parts of a tree

Polite vs rude

Comprehension from https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzC_fN5Bj20NKccS6mrEho76U99-6MWyUBWqPYsWaLpL9csHc-ZGJNQoyCvK7lQY4vzadlsE3krpjm3vV64eREXgzJlAa7rzCp4qVRmsh0iEE41u0LVp-g7taeeDL3CyDtumLgCWOICg/s1600/lorax%20worksheet.png

Word search from https://www.earlymoments.com/dr-seuss/List-of-Dr-Seuss-books1/The-Lorax/ColoringPages-Lorax/

Cause and effect

Vocabulary
















Applied Math

I borrowed the book Recycling step by step from the library.

We did the activity at the end of the book

Home teaching - Gabrilla's song

Png Png started keyboard lesson not long ago.   I wanted to teach him musical notes, symbols, beats.....   So, I chose the lapbook Gabriella's song as the literature for our lapbook for this month.

Our lapbook cover.   Initially Png Png drew a fat girl.   He said Gabriella is very fat, weighs 100kg.   I was very furious.   I scolded him and tore the paper and threw it into the bin as he wasn't serious and laughing away when he was drawing Gabriella.   I felt bad after I steamed off.   In this cover, he drew a bakery shop with a few levels selling different types of bakery.

Vocabulary

Musical instrument match up by category from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/hurricane_music.php

 

Music symbols from http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/music.html

Clap rhythms from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/bach_big_adventure.php

 The following activities were extracted from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/Gabsong.php
Where is Italy from 

Flag of Italy

Sites to see in Venice

Compound words

Italian bakery math

What does a composer do from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/hurricane_music.php

Learn to speak Italian

Png Png got this very interesting activity book from his field trip with Carpe Diem to Gardenia factory.   This book was designed by primary 4 students from Montfort Junior's Primary School in 2006 when they embarked on a profject with The Little Entrepreneur.   I read the story and picked up some activities to let Png Png do together with this lapbook.

Maze

Simple Sudoku

Png Png loves to play this board game

Home Teaching - Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs is an American tell tale written by Judi Barrett.   The story was about a town called ChewanSwallow, whereby the sky rained food 3 times a day.   The residents need not buy or sell food.   Life was beautiful and wonderful till mother nature got sick and cooked up a storm of food.   The residents had to leave ChewanSwallow to another town where they had to work to buy food.   The absurdity and craziness in this story definitely bring joy to readers and stimulate imagination.

Our lapbook cover

The following activities were extracted from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs.php

Vocabulary

Community helpers

How can I help to recycle

Wild weather

Compare and contrast




















Today's menu

Compound words

Water cycle from http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/meandmyfamily_0.pdf
page 19

A good illustration of water cycle for kids from http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-placemat.html

Png Png made an illustration of water cycle to prepare for show and tell in his childcare centre

Lightning, thunder and tornadoes

 Food math

Where does your food come from?

 Cause and effect from 

http://mrscatherwood.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/3/5/2535786/judi_barrett_mini_unit.pdf